Never mind, Scott's answer is a lot better! (But it's still dicey to assume
actual rates using a generic constant for the material rate - they vary
quite a bit.)
KeS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Kevin Stevens
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 1999 17:50
> To: Smokerbros@aol.com; autox@autox.team.net; cp@twingles.com
> Subject: RE: Formula for spring rates (part II)
>
>
> The rate equation is pretty simple, but it is profoundly
> dependent on the
> rate constant for the spring material, which you almost
> certainly don't have
> available to you. If you're just trying to figure the %
> change by lopping
> off coils, that's a different matter. Let me know and I'll
> look it up for
> you.
>
> KeS
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Smokerbros@aol.com
> > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 21:56
> > To: autox@autox.team.net; cp@twingles.com
> > Subject: Formula for spring rates (part II)
> >
> >
> > I wrote:
> >
> > > I can't seem to find anyone local with a spring rate tester
> > that I can use,
> > > and neither of my Carroll Smith books seems to have the
> > formula for spring
> > > rate. Anyone have it handy?
> >
> > And I forgot a couple of things... Is a spring with a
> > pigtail (coil diameter
> > gets smaller at one end) figured any differently?
> >
> > What do you do with the portion that's ground flat on one
> end? Start
> > counting coils where it ends?
> >
> > CHD
> >
>
>
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